In short
- The SEC from Thailand is looking for public input on new frame rules for digital assets, with a consultation open until July 21, 2025.
- Proposed rules would enable exchanges to sum up to your own issued and require disclosures to prevent prior knowledge trade.
- The move is in line with the wider push of Thailand to become a global crypto hub, after recent tax exemptions and reforms of the regulations.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has opened public consultation on revision of criteria for digital assets -listings at stock exchanges, to tailor regulations to the development of industry, while investment protection is maintained. “
Sec announced On Friday, the feedback about principles is looking for the selection process for digital assets on “digital assets exchanges”, with the consultation period until July 21, 2025.
“During his meeting of June 2025, the SEC board decided to revise the criteria for selecting digital assets that must be provided on the stock market to be in accordance with the context of the digital assets industry,” the SEC said in a statement.
The proposed changes would enable exchanges to state “ready-made digital tokens or cryptocurrencies” issued by the exchange itself or related parties for blockchain transactions.
The move is intended to offer digital assets that are “consistent with the development of innovation and use”, while the digital ecosystem of Thailand is being promoted, according to the announcement of the regulator.
Monitoring for warning signals
According to the proposed framework, exchanges must disclose the names of persons related to digital token publishers and display warning symbols in reporting systems to help the SEC monitor and prevent trade with prior knowledge.
The regulator called for “regulatory mechanisms for preventing and managing conflicts of interest, preventing market manipulation of digital assets and preventing unfair practices.”
For tokens that have already been mentioned before the announcement comes into effect, emennials have 90 days to provide disclosures with connected parties to exchanges.
The consultation still marks a step in Thailand’s strategy to conquer international crypto companies and position themselves as a regional financial center.
The country recently eliminated Power gain tax About Crypto sales for five years in a cabinet decision, the government that projects the initiative will generate economic benefits “with no less than 1,000 million baht” ($ 30.7 million) in the medium term.
Deputy Minister of Finance Julapun Amornvivat called the tax exemption part of the government’s ambition to set up Thailand as ‘one of the financial hubs of the world’.
Thailand also prepares pilot programs for Crypto -Tourism payments in Phuket and consider Spot Bitcoin ETFs for Retail investors.
In January SEC-Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon said that Thailand ‘should go together with more adoption of cryptocurrencies worldwide’.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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